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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 5, 2008Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 5:54 AM CDT for Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2008, 5:54 AM CDT (10:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Green County, WI, Rock County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 6:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Janesville, WI	TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE REPORTED ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. HARMONY...ROCK...CENTER...JOHNSTOWN... PLYMOUTH...MILTON...AND WHITEHEAD TOWNSHIPS REPORTED TREE DAMAGE. POWERLINES WERE ALSO DOWN IN THE CITIES OF JANESVILLE AND BELOIT. LAW ENFORCEMENT BE
Jun 5, 6:10 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Milton, WI	QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 4:59 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 051054
SVRMKX
WIC045-105-051215-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0023.080605T1054Z-080605T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
554 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 552 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE          
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS     
  LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF BRODHEAD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT       
  47 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRODHEAD BY 605 AM CDT...
  ORFORDVILLE BY 610 AM CDT...
  FOOTVILLE BY 615 AM CDT...
  DOWNTOWN JANESVILLE BY 625 AM CDT...
  MILTON AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDGERTON BY 635 AM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO A STURDY
SHELTER...BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT WIND
DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL PLEASE RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO 911.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4284 8936 4284 8887 4283 8876 4250 8891
      4248 8901 4250 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 1054Z 232DEG 41KT 4246 8943

$$

BORGHOFF

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 051116
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
615 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

WIC045-051125-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080605T1215Z/
GREEN WI-
615 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE 
WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4284 8936 4284 8887 4283 8877 4281 8877
      4250 8891 4248 8901 4249 8936 4282 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 243DEG 35KT 4286 8889 4268 8900
          4252 8904

$$

WIC105-051215-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080605T1215Z/
ROCK WI-
615 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT
FOR ROCK COUNTY...

AT 611 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MILTON TO DOWNTOWN 
JANESVILLE TO BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TIFFANY...SHOPIERE AND EMERALD GROVE BY 625 AM CDT...
  JOHNSTOWN CENTER...EMERALD GROVE AND AVALON BY 630 AM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4284 8936 4284 8887 4283 8877 4281 8877
      4250 8891 4248 8901 4249 8936 4282 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 243DEG 35KT 4286 8889 4268 8900
          4252 8904

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 051145
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
645 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

WIC105-051155-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080605T1215Z/
ROCK WI-
645 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ROCK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 
PUSHED EAST. THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4284 8936 4284 8887 4283 8877 4281 8877
      4250 8891 4248 8901 4249 8936 4282 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1145Z 243DEG 35KT 4299 8853 4281 8864
          4265 8869

$$

BORGHOFF

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 4:57 AM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 4:57 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
457 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

.SHORT TERM...850-700 MB WAA TRIGGERING CURRENT MCS OVER IA AND
WI WITH MUCAPE OF 1000-2000 J/KG BEING RELEASED. WET MICROBURSTS
AND ISOLD BRIEF TORNDOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS.

OTHERWISE SHARP POLAR TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL MOVE INTO
THE HIGH PLAINS BY THIS EVENING WHILE STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS
NWD INTO NRN NE AND TO WRN MN OR THE ERN DAKOTAS BY 12Z FRI. THE
WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH SRN WI LATE THIS AM...THEREBY
ENDING THE DENSE FOG OVER ERN WI. A LAKE BREEZE WILL DEVELOP BUT
REMAIN FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE LAKESHORE. EXPECT TEMPS TO WARM INTO
THE 80S WITH THE WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE INCLUDING SOME BREAKS IN
THE CLOUD COVER. CAPPING WILL THEN SET IN THROUGH TNT SO BELIEVE
MAJORITY OF NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT AND SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN
TO THE NORTH AND WEST WHERE CAPPING WILL BE WEAKER AND ORGANIZED
LIFT WILL BE PRESENT. TEMPS TO REMAIN NEAR 70 TNT WITHIN A WARM
AND HUMID AIRMASS AND SOME WIND/MIXING.

BY FRI THE LOW WILL BE OCCLUDED AND LIFTING DUE NORTH INTO FAR WRN
ONTARIO CANADA. THE COLD FRONT LIFTS NWD WITH THE LOW BUT A SFC
TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE LOW WILL SHIFT EWD THROUGH WI IN THE
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION A VORTICITY MAXIMUM WITHIN FAST SWLY FLOW
ALOFT WILL APPROACH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE OVERALL LIFT WITH
THE SFC TROUGH AND UPPER WAVE IS WEAK BUT CAPPING IS AS WELL SO
WENT WITH LIKELY POPS. MLCAPES OF 2000 J/KG OR GREATER AND 0-6 KM
BULK SHEAR OF 50-60 KTS WILL BE PRESENT SO WILL MENTION SEVERE
WORDING. SUPERCELLS AND/OR LINE SEGMENTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

.AVIATION...

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR WIZ052-059-
     060-065-066-071-072.

LM...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR LMZ643>646.

&&

SHORT/LONG TERM...20
AVIATION/MARINE...09

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:50 PM CDT, 12 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
550 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-051200-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
550 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND
KENOSHA...OZAUKEE...SHEBOYGAN...WASHINGTON AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM. THERE IS A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION PROBABLY WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

LMZ643>646-051200-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
550 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM.

INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CRITERIA FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT...AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

DAVIS
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	25 min
Jun 5, 5:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	27 min
Jun 5, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha	64 min
Jun 5, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	50 min
Jun 5, 6:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk	3 hr
Jun 5, 6:36 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		114 min
Jun 5, 7:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	4 hr
Jun 5, 8:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Walworth	42 min
Jun 5, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		94 min
Jun 5, 6:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	14 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.